Men, masculinities and suicidal behaviour

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 461-465

  Canetto, Silvia Sara ^a   Cleary, Anne ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Boys; Cultural; Gender; Interdisciplinary; International; Masculinities; Men; Suicidal behaviour; Suicide

Indexed keywords

COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDITORIAL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MASCULINITY; MENTAL STRESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; CULTURE; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEN; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84856378045     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.001     Document Type: Editorial

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